________________ Introduction far surpassos Anantahansa's Kummapatta both in literary and didactic qualities, and this is but quite natural because the author of the former far surpasses the author of the latter 19. Here ends the introduction and the edition is now ready to be put in the wone hands of the public. But before doing so, the editor would like to wish, after Ratnas'ekhara suri, that as long as the sea and the mountain Meru are upon this world and as long as the sun and the moon shine in heaven let this story as well as its readers prosper. NAGAJIBHUDER'S POLE) V. J. Chokshi, B.A. (Hons.) MANDVI'S POLE, Sometime Dakshina Fellow, AHMEDABAD. J Gujarat College, AHMEDABAD.
